Lighting fixture



May 25 1926.

J. K. RIDDLE LIGHTING FIXTURE Filed Oct. 25, 1924,

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INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented May 25, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN K. RIDDLE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE EDWARD N. RIDDLE COMPANY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A COREOB-ATION OF OHIO.

LIGHTING FIXTURE.

Application filed October 23, 1924. Serial No. 745,297.

My invention relates to that class oi i ie sleeve 2, it its tightly for a portion of lighting fiftures which are provided with its length and then swedged outwardly up arms to which are secured the electric switch in 4- this operates to hold the .r ochet rigidlv sockets, into which is screwed the electric in p sition as is decrihed in my prior appli- 5 lamp hull), and has for its object to concation hereinixeiorc referred to. In illif construct an improvement on my co-pending strnrtion, however, 1 p ovide an annular application, Serial No. 618,214). a. are 5 which extends i" he bottom 3 In the device shown in that npplicetioin sleeve 2 up to a point 7 which is show there is no means shown whereby shades can ih threaded portion 8. This space 5 per 10 be employed on the fixtures when desired. his the threaded portion 9 of th shade r i ger to enter into the annular space 5 so nide holder can he screwed upon .xjl 8 formed on the SO(,'i"QiI shell.

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,. T i\n that in this manner I 11231 My present 'nvention has for its ooject to permit the use of shades it des red and yet t retain all the adv-until if the dorms det scribed in that application.

My means of accomplishing tlns ob ect wili he were "CLh'illy rmderstiod by having; able; to mount a socket shell insiee of the reference to the accompanying drawings end or the arm holding the sznne seenreiv which are hereunto annexed end are it part in position and yet provide for the use of of this specincation, in which: shades when desired, or for the use of lml Fig. 1 is 1 top or plan view of 5. fire."- hnnp adapters when desired, both of whicl (,L mentnry portion of an arm of a lighting iiT-I- are desirable features in the manufacture o tnre. hires as it p ,rinits the iuction oi Fig. 2 is a side view of the smile a variety of stvles or designs 'iztnrcs wi htion of the arm and its outer end hein out having to change the iw fixture. hrol-zen nwzrv and shown in section to Having described n \Yiilt l:

the method of construction enipl' ed by E ettnining the advantageous resnlis bei'o forth.

Siini erences nninernis refer to simihr poi irongjhout the entire dcscripti no iirown in the drawings, a ireginentai v' portion of the a 211 1 only is shown as ob vionsly the arm itself forms, no part of my invention, it being apparent that any s'ivie or shape oi arm czin be eln'oloyml. The outer end of the :irni connnic ended cvlindricni sleeve in t nxonnted the ri et hell S of st;

struction. iihen th 1 shell is l 1 JOHN H. RIDDLE.

vortir ll flier end. :1 socket 'llt'l shell being wall of said c 'nder, r space at tin, iower i11te.n1eei:1te the i11- Hill the thrmir ed l i ii wheielir the t n oi -i sh ide holder nnrv he secured to 

